AKM Miles' "Soldier" (ebook), #89
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katikatSoldier is a loner, scarred, damaged and aimless when he discovers someone is using the house on the property he has come to town to investigate. Staying to look into the situation adds more to his life than he ever dreamed possible, leaving him championing seven boys whose lives had been as ravaged as his. Suddenly his life has purpose, meaning.
The other unexpected development is Dillon. Resigned to a life spent alone, it's hard for him to wrap his mind around the fact that Dillon returns his feelings. Every minute spent counseling and protecting the boys makes Soldier’s life richer, but it makes it hard to spend time with Dillon. Can he find a way to take his new life and make it everything he wants it to be?
Review: I had to drop this book. I know that most of my flist was totally excited about it, in love with it, giving it four stars, even five, but for me, this book just didn't... click, I guess. The characters were cute, that's true. But the setting... It was so unrealistic that I just couldn't get over it. I mean, I just can't see anybody letting Dill take care of seven boys in a run-down house when he has to literally beg for food in restaurants, he has no income, the boys don't go to school, they don't receive the psychological help they need... No matter how good-hearted Dillon is, this was a major hurdle for me that I just couldn't cross. Maybe if the author let the story take place in a post-apocalyptic world, where there weren't Social Services or schools, I could've accepted that. But in this case, I just couldn't take it at face value.
The other unexpected development is Dillon. Resigned to a life spent alone, it's hard for him to wrap his mind around the fact that Dillon returns his feelings. Every minute spent counseling and protecting the boys makes Soldier’s life richer, but it makes it hard to spend time with Dillon. Can he find a way to take his new life and make it everything he wants it to be?
Review: I had to drop this book. I know that most of my flist was totally excited about it, in love with it, giving it four stars, even five, but for me, this book just didn't... click, I guess. The characters were cute, that's true. But the setting... It was so unrealistic that I just couldn't get over it. I mean, I just can't see anybody letting Dill take care of seven boys in a run-down house when he has to literally beg for food in restaurants, he has no income, the boys don't go to school, they don't receive the psychological help they need... No matter how good-hearted Dillon is, this was a major hurdle for me that I just couldn't cross. Maybe if the author let the story take place in a post-apocalyptic world, where there weren't Social Services or schools, I could've accepted that. But in this case, I just couldn't take it at face value.
